Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on February 12, 2017. In discussing this element of the Buddhist Eightfold Path, we look at what is an effective way to try to do things. How do we focus our efforts toward justice?

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on February 5, 2017. We are surrounded by beauty, so why do we so often fail to notice it? This sermon includes a video excerpt. Go to our website at austinuu.org sermon page for a link or to read the text.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on January 29, 2017. We bring our well-behaved animals to church to bless them and to recognize the blessing they are in our lives.

Ministerial intern Susan Yarbrough's sermon delivered on January 22, 2017. We are a talking, word-intoxicated denomination, but we sometimes fail to talk when we should.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on January 15, 2017. One of our UU principles is "the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large."

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on January 8, 2017. This element in the Buddhist Eightfold Path asks us to experiment with examining our means of making a living. Can we make a living without harming anyone? Can we make a living without violating other people?

Assistant Minister Rev. Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on January 1, 2017. We begin the year by thinking about elements in our lives which are doing us a disservice, write those things on paper and burn them together, scattering the ashes to the wind.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on December 25, 2016. For Christmas this year we meet less formally than our norm, and share the stories of our own families' Christmas-time traditions.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on December 18, 2016. We don our costumes to take the journey to Bethlehem for the Christmas story. All (especially children) are encouraged to participate.

Rev. Meg Barnhouse's sermon delivered on December 11, 2016. Our principles talk of a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. How do we seek the truth? Can we be like wise magi, bringing our gifts to the newborn Light?